With Swype’s recent addition of Dragon Dictation, talking to your phone is now less frustrating with no more misheard words. Thanks to the acquisition of Swype by Nuance, Swype has been able to implement Nuance’s bread and butter right into their own software. Dragon Dictation is known as a speech to text software that allows for text input up to five times faster than regular pecking. But that’s not all, folks.

According to Swype developers, Swype is also learning how we, as the consumers, speak. It takes actual context into account as we swipe from key to key, spelling out words. It will then appropriately place the proper word to fit the sentence given the context. And according to their studies, it will only get more intuitive the more you use it.

Swype now features an improved language modeling algorithm, designed to increase the accuracy of the suggestions we offer (such as knowing that you mean “mosh pit” instead of “mosh pot”). By analyzing the text you’ve already entered, Swype will offer more accurate predictions that make sense in the context of the sentence

Up to a 40% increase in prediction accuracy when a language profile is present

Learns over time as you use it, building up a personal language profile for you.

Enabled only for English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. Other languages coming soon!

Does this all sound extremely tantalizing? Want the newest Swype beta on your device? Then head right here to get it now.

Update: According to Swype’s beta site, it looks like their app has come onto some bugs or something. Word from Swype is that they are going to have a fix hopefully soon. Keep checking back for further details.

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Anonymous

After using it since the download, I’m not thrilled. I like the stock ICS keyboard for it’s speed and accuracy in correction. I wish I liked this version of Swype better but it just doesn’t fit. Here’s hoping to updates.

Minger

For us ICS users, how do we use the native voice recognition instead Dragon Dictate?

Dominic Dymond

droid x… better then droid 2… worse then most others

Dominic Dymond

i spend half my swyiping pecking out the words i want because it wont work right

I don’t know about everyone else, but the version of swype on my Droid X2 is about as accurate as typing while sneezing. Is anyone else experiencing it putting “tutu” instead of you over 50% of the time???

Obvious Sarcasm

Sweet. Just installed the new Swype beta over my preinstalled version and so far the dragon speak voice recognition is working flawlessly. I actually just typed this all out using my voice. It’s a little hard to get used to actually saying what you’re thinking about typing and then remembering to put in punctuation marks. Loving it so far. 🙂

Ryan C

I use FlexT9 keyboard and this has been on it for months already. it has the flame button and claims to have dragon dictation.

John Eddy

Thank you! I already had swype preinstalled on my tablet and phone. I downloaded flex T9 because of your post. I love it! I used to use Dragon dictation on my iPhone before. It’s the best of the best! In fact I used it to write this post or should I say I spoke it for this post? Thank U for posting this. I’m very excited to have this on my phone and tablet now. It is very accurate! I did not realize that flex T9 had the Dragon flame on it already.

Ryan C

I absolutely love FlexT9. I’ve tried multiple other keyboards and for some reason i just don’t like them that much. For example, I dont like how swype brings up that intrusive box for suggesting words. plus FlexT9 is 98% of the time accurate even if your off on spelling. You can swipe to text, draw the letters, or use the dragon dictation. It’s all here! I wish this keyboard was more popular and got some recognition though.

On G-pseudo-nexus it only shows portrait sized keyboard in landscaped screen… anyone else have that issue?

kangamitzi

Yes. back to flex t9 until that gets fixed 🙁

Anonymous

It would be nice if swype would let the devices that have swype pre-installed to be able to get the updated everybody else is able to receive. My Droid Bionic has swype already but it’s become completely un-useable. I’m taking more time doing corrections than just typing it out traditionally. The other day I eased trying to type a word the other day but swype kept messing up. I’m not talking about just typing the indirect

richard melcher

I thought Swiftkey X was the best keyboard…

Dragon was cool, until I got extremely annoyed by their super long and boring commercial every single break. Now I have developed a passionate hate for that company.

Beta for 2 years…. Can they release already so we can buy it on the app store?

Blootzm3

it would be nice

xformulax

looks like nuance is already getting their fingers into swype… hopefully it’ll improve because flexT9 is miles better.

rikster81

DAMMIT!!! I thought I was going to text my friends in dragon language

God

In time my friend…in time..

Anonymous

Nexus Fail…

Anonymous

huh?

Anonymous

I bet you pondered that useless, totally unrelated comment all day long and just couldn’t wait to post it.

Anonymous

Nope, used my Nexus to “attempt” to follow the link to the beta just to find out it won’t work on my device therefore “fail” is apropos.

planetes42

Information already posted in these comments I will bring to your attention in case you missed it:

search Google+ for “swype beta galaxy nexus”

Anonymous

I posted that before the new info so nice try… anyway, it still doesn’t work properly…. can’t fully landscape the keyboard on the pseudo nexus…

planetes42

Your attitude only exceeds your ignorance. Do a search on Google+, and notice the quote from the author:

“Here I present my latest fix/update to swype for the galaxy nexus. It includes fully working portrait and landscape modes!”

Anonymous

About damn time!
On Dec 21, 2011 8:44 PM, “Disqus”

Anonymous

The XDA updated one works perfectly. Just not as good to me as the stock one, but the app works fine on Gnex.

planetes42

From XDA:

search Google+ for “swype beta galaxy nexus”. There’s a lovely public post there with a link you may be interested in.

That is, of course, if swype on your nexus is something that interests you…

Ryan

woot I’ve been missing swype. Granted FlexT9 works pretty darn well too. I can never remember the location of the alternate characters on Flex as well I could on Swype (granted I used swype for a long period of time)

Hopefully the Swype guys get their act together and release an installer that works for the Galaxy Nexus soon. If I spend too much more time with SwiftKeyX (which I was lucky enough to get for ten cents on Nexus Thursday), I may never go back to swyping.

planetes42

Information already posted in these comments I will bring to your attention in case you missed it:
search Google+ for “swype beta galaxy nexus”

Anonymous

Now here’s a post that has nothing to do with Nexus… unfortunately.

Tapped out on my Galaxy Nexus using the (super slow) stock ICS keyboard.

planetes42

Information already posted in these comments I will bring to your attention in case you missed it:
search Google+ for “swype beta galaxy nexus”